AB926, s. 905 11Section 905. 101.144 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,219,1412 101.144 (3) (d) The department of natural resources environmental quality
13takes action under s. 292.11 (7) (a) after the responsible person fails to comply with
14an order that was issued under s. 292.11 (7) (c) in compliance with this subsection.
AB926, s. 906 15Section 906. 101.144 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,219,1816 101.144 (3) (e) The department of natural resources environmental quality
17takes the action under s. 292.11 (7) (a) because the identity of the responsible person
18is unknown.
AB926, s. 907 19Section 907. 101.144 (3g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,220,1220 101.144 (3g) (a) If, on December 1, 1999, more than 35% of sites classified
21under this section, excluding sites that are contaminated by a hazardous substance
22other than a petroleum product or an additive to a petroleum product, are classified
23as high-risk sites, the department of commerce and the department of natural
24resources
environmental quality shall attempt to reach an agreement that specifies
25standards for determining whether the site of a discharge of a petroleum product

1from a petroleum storage tank is classified as high risk. The standards shall be
2designed to classify no more than 35% of those sites as high-risk sites and may not
3classify all sites at which an enforcement standard is exceeded as high-risk sites.
4If the department of commerce and the department of natural resources
5environmental quality are unable to reach an agreement, they shall refer the
6matters on which they are unable to agree to the secretary of administration for
7resolution. The secretary of administration shall resolve any matters on which the
8departments disagree in a manner that is consistent with this paragraph. The
9department of commerce shall promulgate rules incorporating any agreement
10between the department of commerce and the department of natural resources
11environmental quality under this paragraph and any resolution of disagreements
12between the departments by the secretary of administration under this paragraph.
AB926, s. 908 13Section 908. 101.144 (3m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,220,1614 101.144 (3m) (a) (intro.) The department of commerce and the department of
15natural resources environmental quality shall enter into a memorandum of
16understanding that does all of the following:
AB926, s. 909 17Section 909. 101.144 (3m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,220,2218 101.144 (3m) (b) The department of commerce and the department of natural
19resources
environmental quality shall submit a memorandum of understanding
20under this subsection to the secretary of administration for review. A memorandum
21of understanding under this subsection does not take effect until it is approved by
22the secretary of administration.
AB926, s. 910 23Section 910. 101.653 (6m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,221,524 101.653 (6m) Review. The department and the department of natural
25resources
environmental quality shall enter into a memorandum of agreement that

1establishes a process for reviewing the standards established under sub. (2),
2periodically updating those standards and reviewing the training program. The
3memorandum of understanding shall ensure that local officials and other persons
4interested in the standards established under sub. (2) and the training program may
5participate in the process.
AB926, s. 911 6Section 911. 107.15 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,221,117 107.15 (2) (b) "Licensee" means any person licensed to conduct exploration
8activities by the department of natural resources environmental quality under s.
9293.21. If the person is a corporation or limited liability company, "licensee" includes
10the parent and any subsidiary or affiliates of the corporation or limited liability
11company engaged in mining or activities related to mining in this state.
AB926, s. 912 12Section 912. 107.15 (6) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,221,2213 107.15 (6) (c) 2. By the secretary of the department of natural resources
14environmental quality for purposes of specific environmental analysis and permit
15application evaluation and by the secretary of the department of revenue provided
16that the confidential information shall not be released by either the department of
17revenue or the department of natural resources environmental quality, that the
18departments of revenue and natural resources environmental quality shall establish
19procedures to keep any confidential information confidential, and that the
20responsible person or persons in each department shall be subject to the penalty
21specified under this paragraph for the unauthorized release of confidential
22information.
AB926, s. 913 23Section 913. 110.20 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,222,224 110.20 (4) Departmental cooperation. The department shall consult and
25cooperate with the department of natural resources environmental quality in order

1to efficiently and fairly establish and administer the program established under this
2section.
AB926, s. 914 3Section 914. 110.20 (8) (am) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,222,74 110.20 (8) (am) 5. No inspection station may be established within 0.5 mile of
5an air monitoring station which reported a violation during the period from 1976 to
61979 of the carbon monoxide primary national ambient air quality standard as
7defined by the department of natural resources environmental quality.
AB926, s. 915 8Section 915. 110.20 (8) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,222,129 110.20 (8) (d) No inspection station may be established within 0.5 mile of an
10air monitoring station which reported a violation during the period from 1976 to 1979
11of the carbon monoxide primary national ambient air quality standard as defined by
12the department of natural resources environmental quality.
AB926, s. 916 13Section 916. 110.20 (13) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,222,1614 110.20 (13) (b) The department of natural resources environmental quality
15shall, by rule, establish the amount of the repair cost limit to equal the amount
16required under 42 USC 7511a (b) 4. or (c) (3) (C).
AB926, s. 917 17Section 917. 110.215 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,222,25 18110.215 Motor vehicle emission control equipment grant program.
19From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (5) (hq), the department shall, in
20consultation with the department of natural resources environmental quality,
21develop and administer a program to provide grants for the purchase and
22installation of oxidation catalyst mufflers on school buses customarily kept in
23counties identified in s. 110.20 (5). The department shall adopt rules to implement
24and administer this section, including procedures, standards, and criteria for
25awarding and distributing the grants.
AB926, s. 918
1Section 918. 118.025 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,223,6 2118.025 Arbor day observance. A school principal may request one free tree
3provided from state forest nurseries by the department of natural resources
4agriculture, trade and consumer protection under s. 28.06 for each 4th grade pupil
5in the school for planting in conjunction with an annual observance and celebration
6of arbor day.
AB926, s. 919 7Section 919. 125.52 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,223,138 125.52 (2) Limited manufacturer's permit. The department shall issue a
9limited manufacturer's permit which authorizes the use or sale of the intoxicating
10liquor produced only if it is rendered unfit for use as a beverage and is used or sold
11for use as fuel. The department shall notify the department of natural resources
12environmental quality of the name and address of any person to whom a limited
13manufacturer's permit is issued.
AB926, s. 920 14Section 920. 134.60 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,224,21 15134.60 Cutting or transportation of evergreens. No person may cut for
16sale in its natural condition and untrimmed, with or without roots, any evergreen or
17coniferous tree, branch, bough, bush, sapling or shrub, from the lands of another
18without the written consent of the owner, whether such land is publicly or privately
19owned. The written consent shall contain the legal description of the land where the
20tree, branch, bough, bush, sapling or shrub was cut, as well as the name of the legal
21owner. The written consent or a certified copy of the consent shall be carried by every
22person in charge of the cutting or removing of the trees, branches, boughs, bushes,
23saplings or shrubs, and shall be exhibited to any officer of the law, state forest ranger,
24forest patrol officer, conservation warden, or other officer of the department of
25natural resources agriculture, trade and consumer protection at the officer's request

1at any time. The officer may inspect the trees, branches, boughs, bushes, saplings
2or shrubs when being transported in any vehicle or other means of conveyance and
3may investigate to determine whether or not this section has been complied with.
4The officer may stop any vehicle or means of conveyance found carrying any trees,
5branches, boughs, bushes, saplings or shrubs upon any public highway of this state
6for the purpose of making such inspection and investigation, and may seize and hold,
7subject to the order of the court, any such trees, bushes, saplings or shrubs found
8being cut, removed or transported in violation of this section. No person may ship
9or transport any such trees, bushes, saplings or shrubs outside the county where they
10were cut unless the person attaches to the outside of each package, box, bale,
11truckload or carload shipped a tag or label on which appears the person's name and
12address. No common carrier or truck hauler may receive for shipment or
13transportation any such trees, bushes, saplings or shrubs unless the tag or label is
14attached. Any person who violates this section shall be fined not less than $10 nor
15more than $100. Any person who signs any such written consent or certified copy
16under this section who is not authorized to do so, and any person who lends or
17transfers or offers to lend or transfer any such written consent or certified copy to
18another person who is not entitled to use it, and any person not entitled to use any
19such written consent or certified copy, or who borrows, receives or solicits from
20another any such written consent or certified copy thereof shall be fined not less than
21$100 nor more than $500.
AB926, s. 921 22Section 921. 138.09 (7) (i) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,224,2523 138.09 (7) (i) 3. On motor vehicle loans, the actual filing fee required for filing
24with the department of transportation under ch. 342 or, on boat loans, the filing fee
25required for filing with the department of natural resources under subch. V of ch. 30.
AB926, s. 922
1Section 922. 145.20 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,225,82 145.20 (5) (c) The department of natural resources environmental quality may
3suspend or revoke a license issued under s. 281.48 or a certificate issued under s.
4281.17 (3) to the operator of a septage servicing vehicle if the department of natural
5resources
environmental quality finds that the licensee or operator falsified
6information on inspection forms. The department of commerce may suspend or
7revoke the license of a plumber licensed under this chapter if the department finds
8that the plumber falsified information on inspection forms.
AB926, s. 923 9Section 923. 146.60 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,225,1210 146.60 (1) (c) "Departments" means the department of agriculture, trade and
11consumer protection and the department of natural resources environmental
12quality
.
AB926, s. 924 13Section 924. 146.60 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,225,1614 146.60 (2) (a) The department of natural resources environmental quality shall
15be the reviewing department for any regulated release subject to 15 USC 2601 to
162629.
AB926, s. 925 17Section 925. 146.60 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,225,2118 146.60 (3) (c) 1. If the department of natural resources environmental quality
19receives information under this subsection or sub. (4) (c), it shall provide the
20department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection with a copy of the
21information.
AB926, s. 926 22Section 926. 146.60 (3) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,226,223 146.60 (3) (c) 2. If the department of agriculture, trade and consumer
24protection receives information under this subsection or sub. (4) (c), it shall provide

1the department of natural resources environmental quality with a copy of the
2information.
AB926, s. 927 3Section 927. 146.60 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,226,104 146.60 (5) Memorandum of understanding. Within 6 months after June 13,
51989, the department of natural resources environmental quality shall enter into a
6memorandum of understanding with the department of agriculture, trade and
7consumer protection setting forth the procedures and responsibilities of the
8departments in the administration of this section. The memorandum shall establish
9procedures that minimize the duplication of effort between the departments and for
10the person providing information under sub. (3).
AB926, s. 928 11Section 928. 160.001 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,226,1512 160.001 (6) Where necessary to comply with federal statutes or regulations, the
13department of natural resources environmental quality may adopt rules in
14regulatory programs administered by it which are more stringent than the
15enforcement standards and preventive action limits adopted under this chapter.
AB926, s. 929 16Section 929. 160.001 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,227,217 160.001 (7) A regulatory agency may take any actions within the context of
18regulatory programs established in statutes outside of this chapter, if those actions
19are necessary to protect public health and welfare or prevent a significant damaging
20effect on groundwater or surface water quality for present or future consumptive or
21nonconsumptive uses, whether or not an enforcement standard and preventive
22action limit for a substance has been adopted under this chapter. Nothing in this
23chapter requires the department of health services or the department of natural
24resources
environmental quality to establish an enforcement standard for a
25substance if a federal number or state drinking water standard has not been adopted

1for the substance and if there is not sufficient scientific information to establish the
2standard.
AB926, s. 930 3Section 930. 160.01 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,227,54 160.01 (1) "Department", when used without qualification, means the
5department of natural resources environmental quality.
AB926, s. 931 6Section 931. 160.01 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,227,127 160.01 (7) "Regulatory agency" means the department of agriculture, trade and
8consumer protection, the department of commerce, the department of
9transportation, the department of natural resources environmental quality and
10other state agencies which regulate activities, facilities or practices which are
11related to substances which have been detected in or have a reasonable probability
12of entering the groundwater resources of the state.
AB926, s. 932 13Section 932. 160.07 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,227,1814 160.07 (5) Within 9 months after transmitting the name of a substance to the
15department of health services under sub. (2), the department of natural resources
16environmental quality shall propose rules establishing the recommendation of the
17department of health services as the enforcement standard for that substance and
18publish the notice required under s. 227.16 (2) (e), 227.17 or 227.24 (3).
AB926, s. 933 19Section 933. 160.07 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,227,2420 160.07 (6) If a federal number is established or changed for a substance after
21an enforcement standard is recommended by the department of health services and
22if any person or regulatory agency submits a request, the department of natural
23resources
environmental quality shall determine whether the enforcement standard
24needs revision based on recommendations under sub. (4).
AB926, s. 934 25Section 934. 160.13 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,228,13
1160.13 (2) (b) 4. If no acceptable daily intake or equivalent value for an oncogen
2is established by the federal environmental protection agency or if an acceptable
3daily intake is established but oncogenic potential at the established acceptable daily
4intake presents an unacceptable probability of risk, the department shall provide the
5department of natural resources environmental quality with an evaluation of the
6oncogenic potential of the substance. This evaluation of oncogenic potential shall
7indicate an acceptable daily intake for the substance which, if ingested daily over an
8entire human lifetime, appears to present an acceptable probability of risk which is
9presumed to be a risk level equal to a ratio of one to 1,000,000. A risk level equal to
10a ratio of one to 1,000,000 is the expectation that no more than one excess death will
11occur in a population of 1,000,000 over a 70-year period. The department shall base
12the evaluation of oncogenic potential on a review of the most recent and scientifically
13valid information available.
AB926, s. 935 14Section 935. 165.25 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,228,2015 165.25 (4) (a) The department of justice shall furnish all legal services required
16by the investment board, the lottery division in the department of revenue, the public
17service commission, the department of transportation, the department of natural
18resources
environmental quality, the department of tourism and the department of
19employee trust funds, together with any other services, including stenographic and
20investigational, as are necessarily connected with the legal work.
AB926, s. 936 21Section 936. 165.25 (6) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,229,922 165.25 (6) (e) The department of justice may appear for and defend the state
23or any state department, agency, official or employee in any civil action arising out
24of or relating to the assessment or collection of costs concerning environmental
25cleanup or natural resources damages including actions brought under 42 USC 9607.

1The action may be compromised and settled in the same manner as provided in par.
2(a). At the request of the department of natural resources environmental quality, the
3department of justice may provide legal representation to the state or to the
4department of natural resources environmental quality in the same matter in which
5the department of justice provides defense counsel, if the attorneys representing
6those interests are assigned from different organizational units within the
7department of justice. This paragraph may not be construed as a consent to sue the
8state or any department, agency, official or employee of the state or as a waiver of
9sovereign immunity.
AB926, s. 937 10Section 937. 165.85 (4) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,230,1011 165.85 (4) (b) 1. No person may be appointed as a law enforcement or tribal law
12enforcement officer, except on a temporary or probationary basis, unless the person
13has satisfactorily completed a preparatory program of law enforcement training
14approved by the board and has been certified by the board as being qualified to be
15a law enforcement or tribal law enforcement officer. The program shall include 400
16hours of training, except that the program for law enforcement officers who serve as
17rangers for the department of natural resources or the department of agriculture,
18trade and consumer protection
includes 240 hours of training. The board shall
19promulgate a rule under ch. 227 providing a specific curriculum for a 400-hour
20conventional program and a 240-hour ranger program. The period of temporary or
21probationary employment established at the time of initial employment shall not be
22extended by more than one year for an officer lacking the training qualifications
23required by the board. The total period during which a person may serve as a law
24enforcement and tribal law enforcement officer on a temporary or probationary basis
25without completing a preparatory program of law enforcement training approved by

1the board shall not exceed 2 years, except that the board shall permit part-time law
2enforcement and tribal law enforcement officers to serve on a temporary or
3probationary basis without completing a program of law enforcement training
4approved by the board to a period not exceeding 3 years. For purposes of this section,
5a part-time law enforcement or tribal law enforcement officer is a law enforcement
6or tribal law enforcement officer who routinely works not more than one-half the
7normal annual work hours of a full-time employee of the employing agency or unit
8of government. Law enforcement training programs including municipal, county
9and state programs meeting standards of the board are acceptable as meeting these
10training requirements.
AB926, s. 938 11Section 938. 167.10 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,230,1312 167.10 (3) (b) 3. The disposal of hazardous substances in accordance with rules
13adopted by the department of natural resources environmental quality.
AB926, s. 939 14Section 939. 167.31 (5) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,230,2015 167.31 (5) (d) The clerk of the circuit court shall collect and transmit to the
16county treasurer the weapons surcharge as required under s. 59.40 (2) (m). The
17county treasurer shall then pay the secretary of administration as provided in s.
1859.25 (3) (f) 2. The secretary of administration shall deposit all amounts received
19under this paragraph in the conservation fund to be appropriated under s. 20.370 (3)
20(mu)
(1) (pu).
AB926, s. 940 21Section 940. 169.46 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,230,2422 169.46 (1) (e) All moneys collected from natural resources surcharges shall be
23deposited in the conservation fund and credited to the appropriation under s. 20.370
24(3) (mu) (1) (pu).
AB926, s. 941 25Section 941. 169.46 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,231,3
1169.46 (2) (e) All moneys collected from natural resources restitution
2surcharges shall be deposited in the conservation fund and credited to the
3appropriation account under s. 20.370 (3) (mu) (1) (pu).
AB926, s. 942 4Section 942. 170.12 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,231,105 170.12 (4) Review by other agencies. (intro.) Upon receipt of an application
6under sub. (3), the board shall immediately transmit copies of the application to the
7department of natural resources and to, the department of environmental quality,
8and
the historical society for review. The department of natural resources and the
9historical society shall, as appropriate, within 30 days after their receipt of the
10application, notify the board whether any of the following applies:
AB926, s. 943 11Section 943. 170.12 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,231,1512 170.12 (4) (c) The proposed project may affect public rights in navigable waters.
13The department of natural resources and the department of environmental quality
14shall recommend to the board requirements and conditions to be attached to the
15permit which shall protect those rights.
AB926, s. 944 16Section 944. 182.70 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,231,1817 182.70 (1) (d) "Department" means the department of natural resources
18environmental quality.
AB926, s. 945 19Section 945. 182.70 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,232,820 182.70 (3) (a) 1. The company may create, acquire or lease an entire reservoir
21project or otherwise maintain, operate or control a system of water reservoirs located
22in or along the Wisconsin river. These reservoirs shall be located north of township
2337 north in or along the Wisconsin River, and in or along any tributary of the
24Wisconsin River that discharges into the river at any point north of the south line of
25township 23 north. The company may create, acquire, maintain and operate

1waterways to divert flood waters from or to the Wisconsin River to or from reservoirs
2on other rivers. Diversion of flood waters shall be subject to approval by the
3department, in consultation with the department of natural resources. The company
4may construct, acquire and maintain dams, booms and other structures in, along or
5across this portion of the Wisconsin River and its tributaries to accomplish the
6purposes of this section. The company may clean out, straighten, deepen or
7otherwise improve any tributary to improve navigation of the tributary or of the
8Wisconsin River, or to prevent injury to property bordering on the rivers.
AB926, s. 946 9Section 946. 182.71 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,232,1110 182.71 (1) (c) "Department" means the department of natural resources
11environmental quality.
AB926, s. 947 12Section 947. 182.71 (7) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB926,232,1713 182.71 (7) (a) The commission shall appraise and fix the price of any dam, land
14or flowage rights to be purchased by the company under this section. The
15commission shall approve any lease of property by the company prior to the payment
16of rent. The commission may require the department or the department of natural
17resources
to aid in appraising the value of the land.
AB926,233,218 (b) If the company intends to acquire and overflow property, the commission
19shall approve the need to overflow the property. The department, in consultation
20with the department of natural resources,
shall mark the height to which any dam
21may raise the water level by permanent monuments and bench marks, shall
22supervise and control the time and extent of the drawing of water from the reservoirs,
23and may compel the maintenance of all reservoirs established. The commission and
24the department may employ, at the expense of the company, hydraulic engineers and
25other persons to assist in obtaining information necessary to enforce this section.

1The cost of hiring the engineers shall be included as a part of the cost of construction
2or maintenance and operation of the reservoir system.
AB926, s. 948 3Section 948. 196.025 (2m) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,233,54 196.025 (2m) (title) Coordination with department of natural resources
5environmental quality.
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